Last night in england... I have been sporadic with my posts lately, mostly because I have been so busy packing. Les Miserables was wonderful even though our seats were on beyond the nosebleed seats. I bought the soundtrack and the programme and I now know nearly the entire score and definitely enough that the music gets stuck in my head. Today I watched Pirates again, just as spiffy this time except I stayed to watch the bit after the credits... I am not going to say anything about that because I dont want to spoil it for everyone... just watch the credits. I will say one word about it: "MONKEY!" In a few hours I will be on the bus to Heathrow, I am utterly packed save for my pjs and my laptop which should take me all of five minutes to pack up. I am sad that I can't squeeze in the clock radio that I bought here. I would like to have it just in case I ever make it back to the UK. I really wish that I didn't have to leave and I definitely want to come back as soon as i can afford it. I love it here. Well mostly. I could do with out the lamb and some of the other strange things these people eat. But it is such a fun and interesting place to be. I wish I could bring my family back with me, especially Josh. I think it would be a blast to go to Wales with Josh; so many castles and cool stuff there. I think my whole family would love to come here. Unfortunately it is unlikely that they will come until they build the bridge over the Atlantic which I don't think is going to happen anytime soon. I can't wait for our promised family vaccation this winter! I am so excited... I miss our vaccations so much... especially after our Wales trip! It was so much like our trip to Gettysburg nearly ten years ago: as much information as can be packed into a few days with lots of drive by touring inbetween.

Anyway... I am soon to be leaving this wonderful place called the United Kingdom. There are lots of things that I have seen but there is so much more that I haven't and would like to. I want to come back and have time to tour Europe and Ireland too! You can't always get what you want but I hope that this wish isn't too far out of my reach. I am starting to make less and less sense and I think that means that I should go to sleep. I will be home in aproximately 17 hours or so and I still feel like I should be here for a few more weeks. These past six weeks have gone by so quickly! and I should go to sleep.